Apple critics like to poke fun at the stereotype of suckers gleefully paying for an annual upgrade, but it appears that might not be the case with the iPad 2. According to one piece of — admittedly very rough — research, 70% of people picking up the new model did not already own an iPad. [...]
Charlie Sheen may or may not be the next Chuck Norris, but that’s beside the point. We still think that this venn diagram with references to things geek love or despise is pretty hilarious. [Via: Virtual Shackles]
PikiGeek shot this video at PAX East 2011 last weekend giving a first look at Valve’s upcoming Portal 2 Game. Enjoy! [Via TDWG]
For today’s edition of deal of the day, Amazon has the Microsoft Wireless Arc Touch Mouse for just $36.49. That’s 48% Off the mouse’s regular retail price of $69.95! The mouse like no other: it is unique in look, feel and performance. The innovative design curves for comfort when in use, and packs flat like [...]
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Hey Everyone, today is Pi day! For those not in the know, Pi day is celebrated by math enthusiasts (as well as bakers) all around the world each year on March 14th for the simple reason that Pi= 3.141592…, and 3.14 = March 14. Yeah, I know, this is kind of ridiculous, but hey, why [...]
In the following video, surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney.
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-If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago … If you had the good fortune to have bought 100 shares at the $21 offering price that day and sat on the investment for 25 years, it would have mushroomed into 28,800 shares over the course of nine stock splits and be worth [...]
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FSecure has just released a really interesting 10-minute video documenting their trip to Lahore, Pakistan, to find the authors of the first PC virus “Brain”. This is the first time that the authors of “Brain”, Amjad Farooq Alvi and Basit Farooq Alvi, have given a video interview about the virus, which spread around the world [...]
I’ve seen a lot of people who tried to make cakes depicting a Stargate since I’ve started this blog, but none have done as good of a job as Flickr user leslie_v. I mean, have you seen this thing? The wormhole looks almost real (and delicious to boot!) [Source]
